Attachment through the life Course Flashcards

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attachment behavioral system

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a motivational system selected over the course of evolution to maintain proximity between a young child and his/her primary attachment figure

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attachment behaviors

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behaviors and signals that attract the attention of a primary attachment figure and function to prevent separation from that individual or to reestablish proximity to that individual

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attachment figure

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someone who functions as the primary safe haven and secure base for an individual. in childhood, usually a parent, in adulthood usually a romantic partner.

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attachment patterns
aka, styles or
orientations

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individual differences in how securely or insecurely people think, feel and behave in attachment relationships

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strange situation

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a laboratory task that involves briefly separating and reuniting infants and their primary caregivers as a way of studying the differences in their behavior

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attachment theory

Bowlby British psychoanalyst

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understanding the nature of close relationships

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Harlows experiment

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baby monkeys were separated and
there were two artificial monkeys made
-wire monkey
-foam monkey

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Ainsworth theory

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She provided the first empirical demonstrations on how attachment behavior is organized in unfamiliar contexts

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Hazen and Shaver

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First researchers to explore Bowlby’s theory in romantic relationships
-individuals gradually transfer attachment-related functions from parent to peers as they develop

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